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I love steam engines. They are the most basic of carbon powered machines.
My experience is mostly from ag engines (powering threshing machines) but I've sat in on some heated discussions on what are the best steam valves (it's a big deal. Baker wins - hands down) and what are the best engine formats (mostly tandem compound vs cross compound).
I got to interview a man who ran a Case 110 in the 1920s. They didn't have stokers then, all the coal was shoveled in. He talked about how a good engineer would open the firebox and throw a shovel full of coal in and catch a glimpse of a "cold" spot and know that's where he would throw the next shovel full. Steam engineers were gods in their day.
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